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IVILLIS J. PERKINS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

SHINGLE-NIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,280, dated June 2, 1896.

Application filed January Z8, 1890. Serial No. 338,340. (No model.)

T0 all whom, t may-concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS J. PERKINS, residing at Grand Rapids, in the countyof Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingle- Machines, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to machines for sawing shingles, of the general character in which a plurality of shingle bolts or blocks are carried successively to a saw or series of saws, and the shingles sawed from the lower portion of the blocks or bolts.

The object of the invention is to improve the frame and render the entire structure more compact; to improve the carriage-driving and Spalt-regulatin g mechanism and place it conveniently under control of the operator; to improve the carriage and place certain of the operative parts well in the center of the machine, where they are covered, protected from sawdust, and out of the way in using; to improve the dogging mechanism and to inclose certain parts thereof; to improve the tilting devices which determine the thickness of the butts and points of the shingles and the spalting apparatus which drops the refuse from the machine; to make the entire machine, to a great extent, automatic, leaving the operator little to do but watch the machine and move certain handles, pins, catches, or stops into abnormal positions, when the further operation of the machine, under the influence of these handles, pins, catches, or stops, will be automatic, and, finally, to improve certain details and the general construction and operation of a shingle-sawing machine.

This machine is of the general character and belongs to the class of machines described in my application, Serial No. 308,150, filed April 22, 1889, and my other application, Serial No. 319,528, filed August 2, 1889. The specific differences and novel constructions in each application are intended to be summarized in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine, some parts being omitted. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the machine from a different direction, the rotary carriage, saws, and some other parts being omitted. Fig. 2a is a sectional detail showing adjustable support for spaltway. Fig. 3 is a plan of the frame and some of the working parts hereinafter referred to, the carriage and saws being removed and some parts omitted or broken away. Fig. 4 is a broken top plan of the machine, some parts being omitted. Fig. 5 is an under side or bottom plan of the rotary carriage or carrier, part broken away for convenience of illustration and parts omitted. Figj@ is a perspective of the tilt-table and its operatingarm land connections detached. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the bottom or lower face, and Fig. 8 a side view of the operators table and its connections detached from the machine. Fig. 9 is a perspective detail of the train for controlling the speed and for stopping and starting t-he machine. Figs. 10 and 11 are details of the clogging connections. Figs. 12, 13, and 14 are broken details of the dog-rod holder and pusher. Fig. 15 is a perspective of the spring-pocket cover; and Fig. 16, a perspective of dog-spring and connections. Fig. 17 is an enlarged broken plan or diagram showing details of the trips and connections and the arms on which the trips operate. Fig. 18 is a detail of the fly and connections by which the spalter and tilt-table are operated. Fig. 19 is a plan detail of the rock-shaft and engaging abutment and support. Fig. 2O is a perspective of abutment 160 and arm on rock-shaft. 21 is a broken plan of lever for changing speed. Fig. 22 is a broken side elevation of friction driving-gears. Fig. 23 is a crosssection on line a: oo of Fig. 3 of the junction of the spalting and supporting ways.

The frame of the machine has a solid castmetal base with upright standards 3 3 and top bars or webs 4 4 extending generally in horizontal direction vparallel with the bars of the base. The bars or webs 4 4 are principally made V-shaped with the angle uppermost, so that the sawdust will not lodge on said webs. The bars forming the top web may be integral or may be joined together in any suitable or usual manner. The base formed of metal bars 1 and 2L is nearly cruciform, there being no outer bars at the periphery of the machine to obstruct access to the central portion. The bars 2 2 extend across what may be termed the ends of the Fig.

machine, (although the machine in plan is nearly round,) and these bars are connected by the tie 1. As seen in Fig. 2, the central portion of the machine is quite accessible from the sides.

The carriage or block-carrier 10 is snpported on a shaft 1l. at its center, and is also7 by preference, su p ported by suitable supports, as l2 12, Fig. 3, near the periphery, as is common in machines of this class. lhe rotary carriage or block-carrier 10 is by preference driven by pinion 13, engaging teeth il at the periphery of the carriage-rim. The pitch line of teeth l-f is shown in Fig. 5. The teeth are covered by the overhanging rim in Fig. l.

The carriage is driven from the pulleyol on sha-ft 7. The pulley G receives its motion by a belt or gear from a saw-arbor or from any othersuil'a-ble source of power. A frictionpulley 8, carried on shaft 9, is capable of moving lengthwise on said shaft, but compels ihe shaft to rotate with it, the pulley being connected to the shaft by a polygonal engagement or by a key, spline, or other engagement common in holding a clutch toits shaft.

The shaft 0 serves to drive the gear-wheel if by common form of intermeshin g gear, and wheel if is firmly held to shaft 45, which shaft carries the pinion 13, so that movement to wheel il is communicated to pinion lil and to the carriage or block-carrier 10.

The shaft is hun gin a bearing on the frame, which permits a slight vertical rocking. The inner end of shaft 9 carries a friction-wheel S, which may be thrown into engagement with the disk-like surface on shaft 7, preferably forming part of pulley G, or may be dropped down to rest on a friction shoe or brake 4G. The end of ,shaft i) is carried in a bearing supported on lever 4.7, which lever is pivoted to the frame or support i8. The inner end of lever f7 will be lifted and the friction-wheel 8 held in contact with the pulley G by the action of weight 50, save when said weight is raised by the action of the foot or hand lever l0. The friction-driver 8 will thus beheld normally in driving position, butwhen thrown out of engagement with the driving-pulley will engage a brake and be stopped.

The lever 47 bears a boss 57, which forms a support for a lever 51 52. The lever 5 1 52 would operate in the same manner if it were in one piece, but is made in parts for convenienee, the two parts being joined bya bolt 5f), which bolt can turn in its supports.

rlhe lever 17 supports a slotted gage-plate 53, having an index on its face, designating the speed of the earriagewheel. Lever 52 may be swung on this gage-plate and fastened by set-nut 5l. The movement of lever 52 swings leverl in opposite direction. The end 55 of lever 5l bears a fork, which engages a groove in the hub of friction-pulley S. lVhen lever 5l is swung, it moves pulley 8 lengthwise of shaft fl and nearer to orfarther from the center of drivin g-pulley G, thus giving greater or less speed to the pulley S and shaft 9 when the frietion-driver is in contact. rlhe lever 52 may be adjusted and fastened so as to give the desired speed to the shaft il and so to the carriage through wheel tf and pinion 13.

The rotary carriage 10, as illustrated, is made to carry ten blocks to the saws; but any other suitable number of bolt or block com partinents 15 may be made in the carriage. The compartments 15 are between the outer rim and the inner rim 1li of the carriage, the bars 17, which divide these compartments, preferably being oblique to lines drawn radial to the carriage-rim. (See Fig. 4.) 'lhe space between the hub 2O and the inner rim lo of the carriage is dividedv by radial ribs 1S, which form a spider, dividing the interior portion of the carriage-wheel preferably into as many compartments as there are bloclespaces All these interior compartments are protected by the rigid dome or cover la, which extends from the hub 20 to the inner rim 1G. The dome is permanently secured to the earriage-wheel and supports some of the operative mechanism. The inner compartments of the carriage being protected by the dome or cover 19 and open below will not serve as receptacles for sawdust. The mechanism contained in these interior compartments hereinafter described is attached either to the dome or cover 1.() or to the ribs 1S, or to both.

The shingle bolts or blocks are held in the compartments or carriers 15 by fixed dogs 2l. on or connected to the inner rim and movable dogs 22 near the outer rim of the carriage, one side of each block resting against a bar 17, which bar serves as a pusher to press the block toward the saws in manner well known. The bars 17 may be provided with pushblocks, as is common.

The inner dogs 21 of each compartment or block-carrier are preferably at a right an gle to the bar 17, which serves as a pusher to that compartment. The outermovable dogs 22 are generally parallel. with the inner or fixed dogs 21; but as the shingle-bolts are not always sawed square it is desirable to give a little play to the dogs 22, so that the bolts may be Iirml y held by the dogs, whether square-ended or not, and at the same time to limit said play, so as to prevent the binding of the dog on their sliding surfaces.

The dogs 22 have out\\\'ardlyexteilding lugs 23 near their centers. Arms 25 of the dogrods extend, preferably, from the driving side of the block-compartments past the middle of the dogs. Arms 25 have their ends slightly turned in toward the backs of the dogs 22.

The dogs 22 have their ends extended to form bearings on guideways on the bars 'i7 and the corner-pieces 40 of the carriage-compartments, and are loosely guided on said ways. The lugs 23 are pivoted to arms 25,

so that the dogs 22 may rock slightly on said arms, the inturned ends of said arms serving to limit the rocking in one direction, and the arm 25 near its angle bearing on and limiting lOO ITO

the rocking of the dog near the pushing side of the compartment.

The arms 25 of the clogging-rods bend and pass under the bar 17 of the carriage and eX- tend inward toward the central rim of the carriage. The bars 17 of the carriage are substantially of an angle form, and with a flat top web and a downwardly-extending leg in rear of the shingle-bolt. The inwardlyextending arm 25 preferably lies in the angle of the bar, and is bolted to the dogging-rod 26. Rod 26 extends outward from under dome 19, close to bar 17, and is held to arm 25 by screws or bolts. The outer end of rod 26 is pressed inward by spring 30, which spring is coiled in a box or receptacle in the cornerpiece 40. The rod 26 is therefore pressed inwardly with a spring -pressure, and arm 25 may be adjusted on said rod by means of the screws yor bolts, thus moving the dog 22 nearer to or farther from the fixed dog 21 without changing the position of rod 26 or the tension of spring 30. The spring 30, pressing on the dog-rod, tends to drive dog 22 into the end of the shin gle-bolt, thus clamping the bolt rmly between the movable dog 22 and the fixed dog 21.

The dogs 22 are adjustable toward or away from the outer rim on the frame, according to the length of the shingle-bolts. As it is advisable that the center ofthe saws 300 301 shall be nearly in line with the mid-length of the shingle-bolts means are provided for adjusting the saw-arbors 302 nearer to or farther from the center of the machine, as will be hereinafter explained.

The spring 30 is contained in a pocket in the corner-piece 40. Pieces 40 are located in the corner of the compartments 15, the spring` in each pocket in one compartment acting on the doggingsrod for the dog of the compartment next in front.

Spring 30 is coiled helically about a central pin 31, to which said spring is attached. Pin 31 has a polygonal or splined shank, which extends into a hole of similar form in the disk 32. Disk 32 rests in a circular seat 33 in cover 34, which cover forms the top of pocket 40.

The disk 33 can be rotated or partially rotated in its seat and secured in any adjusted position, preferably by screws or bolts eX- tending into holes in the pocket-cover. rlhe holes in the disk and pocket-cover are not all in alinement, but offset, so that the disk need be turned but a little way until some holes will aline. As the disk carries the pin 31 with it, and this pin is secured to the inner end of spring 30, the rotation of plate-disk 32 will regulate the tension of spring 30 precisely as the winding of a watch puts tension on the mainspring. This helical or watch spring applied to t-he holding-dog of a shin gle-1nachine is very efficient in operation, as a very long spring may be used without encroaching on available space.

The inner end of dog-rod 26 is pivoted to a link 35, which link is preferably pivoted to one of the webs 18 and has an inclined surface 36, with its working face toward the center of the carriage.

A roller 41, Fig. 3, supported on the frame beneath the carriage, is in the path of movement of the bearing-inclines 36 as the carriage rotates. The engagement of an incline 36 with said roll throws the incline 36 outward, swinging link 35 on its pivot and pressing out the dog-rod 36 and dog 22 against the pressure of spring 30. Then the dog is pressed outward, a hook or catch 37, supported on a suitable pivot and having a shoulder 38, falls behind or inside of the inclined bearing 36 and holds said bearing (and consequently the dog 22) pressed out, so that the dog cannot engage a block until the hook is released. (See detail views, Figs. 12, 13, and 14.) This release of the dog may happen directly after the shinglebolt has passed over the saw, or at any convenient time, when the bolt is released and dropped onto the spalting-ways. The hook 37 serves to hold the movable dog outward without frictional resistance until the carriage has passed around to such position that the incline 39 on the hook 37 engages an abutment 43 on the frame, which lifts said hook so that its shoulder no longer holds the incline 36. At the instant the hook 37 is about to be released from its engagement with the movable dog said dog is in position to be engaged and pressed outward for an instant by the roller or bearing 42 on the frame. This engagement of roller 42 with the dog relieves the strain or friction in releasing the hook. The bearing 42 is not a necessity, but increases the effectiveness of the machine. As soon as the incline 36 passes roll 42 (the hook being raised and said incline no longer pressed out) the dog-spring will force the dog inward into the shin gle-bolt.

Mechanism for holding the dogs in open position is shown and broadly claimed in my application, Serial No. 319,528, filed August 2, 1889.

In the present device I have shown but one side of the machine provided with a spaltdropper. Consequently I have provided mechanism for holding the dogs open on the spalting side of the machine only, while the carriage-compartments passfrom roll 41 to roll 42, Fig. 3. At the other side of the machine it is only needful to undog the bolts for an instant, so that they may drop onto the tilttable. Consequently the roll 41 may be omitted'at that side and the dog loosened for an instant by roll 42X, the incline 43X preventing the hook from holding it open. The action of the undogging mechanism is automatic, and each bolt is undogged and tilted, if desirable, before it moves onto the saw, however many bolt-receptacles and saws there may be.

There two saws and two tilt-tables are used on a machine ofthe kind illustrated, the tilttables normally stand inclined in opposite directions-that is, one tilt-table is inclined so IOO IIO

that all the blocks dropped on it will fall so that shingle-butts will be cut from the ends of the bolts toward the center of the machine and the other inclined in reverse direction, so that the shingle-points will be toward the center of the machine; but as it is desirable to have the shingles as nearly straight with the grain of the wood as possible it trequently becomes desirable to cut two or more shingle-butts successively from one end el' the shingle-bolt. To do this, it is necessary to shift a tilt-table, and as it is not usual for two succeeding blocks to require this abnormal graining or tilting it is desirable that the tilt-table be immediately returned to normal position, although, it desirable, any number of succeeding' blocks may be tilted for graining.

In my latent No. 380,346, of April 3, 1888, I show and describe a tilt-table and apparatus ior shifting and restoring the saine. In the present machine I have introduced new and improved mechanism, relieved the operator of much exertion,and diminished amount of skill required; have also placed the tiltoperating mechanism near the center oi the machine, where it is out of the way; also raised same u p out of the accunlnlating sawdust or debris.

Opposite each compartment in the carriage between the webs 1S and under the dome or cover lf) I place what I have termed a ily S0, the construction of which will be explained hereinafter. At present it will suflice to say that the fly has two trips, slides, or abutments, one of which, Sl, is necessarily projected whenever the other, Si, is retracted. \Vhen projected, one or the other of these trips extend in position to engage actuating parts of the tilting device, as rolls G0, suitably supported. The same trip, slide, or abutment in the example ot my invention illustrated in the drawings is adapted to aetuate the spalting mechanism, the primary object of the second trip, slide, or abutment being to return tilts to normal position. The rolls or bearing-pieces (50 (rolls being merely used to avoid friction) are preferably snpported on levers el, liigs. 3 and G, said levers being connected to rock-shafts (32, which have suitable bearings. \Vhen a trip Sl is inoperative position, it will, as the carriage moves ilforward, en gage one side of roll GO and swing lever Gl and rock-shalt (32 in one direction, while the opposite trip S2 on the carriage following, if in operative position, will engage the other side of said roll and rock the shaft in reverse direction, returning tilt to normal position, provided the parts are arranged to engage substantially as will be explained; but if the following opposite trip is out et' operative position it will pass by said roll, leaving the tilt reversed for succeeding carriage.

Referring new to Fig. U, U3 represents the bearin g or housing in which rock-shaft G2 is inclosed. The lower end of shaft G2 bears an arm or lever Gl. lloth lever (5l and arm Gl are preferably secured to the rock-shaft, so that the swinging of lever bl swings arm (jl- The end of arm G4 farthest from the rock-shaft may have a suitable cam 05, and the roll 06 at the end of walking-beam G7 engages with said cam rl`he rocking of shaft (52 swings arm fl-t, and cam (55 serves to raise or lower the roller Gti and rock the walking-beam (37 on its pivot GS whenever the shaft G2 is rocked. The walking-beam (57 alternately raises the opposite sides ol' the tilttable 7l by means of risers Gf) and 70 whenever the walking-beam is shifted. 'lhe side of the tilt-table 7l as the riser (5.() or 70 is withdrawn descends by gravity until it rests on suitable supports.

The general construction of the tilt-table illustrated is fully shown, and is claimed in my patent above referred to, and a further description here is deemed unnecessary. It will be noted, however, that the rock-shaft G2 and its arms and connections are adapted to shift other tilt-tables. rPilt-tables o'f-varions constructions are well known in the art.

It sometimes happens that a shingle-bolt has a checked or rotten place or large knot er other defect therein which occupies a thickness sullicient to make several shingles. It this part has to be sawed into shingles, considerable time is wasted. To save this and enable a cut of two or three inches at once to be taken from the shingle-bolt, l have devised a tilt-table having an adjustment to and from the plane of the saw. Said adjustment is preferably made bythe machine, but may be actuated direct by the operator. In the example ot this part of my invention as illustrated in the drawings 700 shows the tilt-table top or rest which supports the shinglebolt, and this top is preferably su] ported upon the pivotalsupports orlegs 7 02, ttc., two 011 each side, pivoted at 1 705. A spring 700 holds the table in its upper ornormal position, or in the position ior the saw to operate on the bolt in cutting shingles. 703 is an actllating-arm connected to the tilt-table and having an incline surface `707, adapted to be operated upon by a suitable trip. 7 Ut is an adjustable trip connected to the machine so as to move with the carriage-rim. This trip is under the control of the operator, so that whenever the operator sees that the shinglebolt contains a defect of any kind oi greater thickness than a shingle he can cause the trip to project, by moving it out by hand or in any other convenient way, so that it will come in contact with the operating-surfaee ot' the cam 703 and thereby depress the tilt-table as it passes by the saw, thereby allowing` the shinglo-bolt to fall, when the dogs will clamp it and carry it to the saw, so as to cut from the bol t the defective part. The trip 701-. is shown, Fig. o, as a pin which is supported in a bearing on the carriage-wheel and. may be moved lengthwise in said bearing by the hand of the IOO IIO

operator. After the bolt has been carried beyond the tilt-table the spring will again bring the table-top to its normal position.

It is sometimes desirable to adjust the end of the way or support on which the shinglebolts slide when undogged, so as to approximate the position of the tilt-table. For this purpose I have placed platform or table 75 in position at the end of the spalting-way, just in front of the tilt-table. This table or platform 7 5 is supported by set-screws 76, which enter a rest 77 on the frame. By turning some of the screws 76 out and others in any needful adjustment of platform '75 may be or swung apart.

had. (See Fig. 2.) When set to do so, one of the trips 81 of the fly 80 (carried by the carriage-wheel) engages lever or arm 100. This lever is preferably hung on the frame. An arm 101 has synchronous movement with arm 100, Fig. 3. Arm 101 is integral with or connected to arm 100. The lever or arm 101 is connected by a link 103 with an arm 104 of lever or arm 105, which lever or arm 105 is preferably pivoted or fulcrumed to the frame at 10G. A spring 107 connects one arm of lever 105 to the frame. One of the movable ways or tracks 120 has an extending bar or lug 121, which is pivoted to the lever or arm 105. The other way, 122, has an extension 123, which is pivoted on a lever or arm 110, which lever is supported on vertical shaft 111 as a fulcrum.

The lever is pivoted to the frame at 111 and has an arm 112, which is connected by a pivotal link 113 with arm or lever 105 at the opposite side of the pivot from its connection with lever 110. Now as the levers or arms 105 and 110, respectively, support the movable ways or Spalt-carriers 120 and 122 and lever or arm 105 is connected to lever 100 by the train of mechanism 101 103 104, hereinbefore described, it follows that when lever or arm 100 is swung on its pivot or fulcrum the two levers or arms 105 and 110 will be swung in opposite directions, and one will carry its track-section outward and the other inward with reference to the center of the machine; but as ways 120 and 122 are pivotally supported on their levers they might swing into a position to cramp or drop the spalts in wrong position. To insure a parallel movement, or nearly so, of the ways 120 122, a link 108 is pivoted to the inner end of extension 121 and to the frame, and a corresponding` link 109 is pivoted to the outer extension 123 and tothe frame. The pivotal points 114 and 115, where these links are connected to the extensions of the movable ways, m ust move in circles about the pivots 116 and 117, where the links 114 and are attached to the frame. As the pivots 118 and 119 will swing about the centers 106 and 111 the ways 120 and 122 will be compelled to maintain a position nearly par.- allel to each other, whether in closed position lf swung apart, the ways will drop the spalt between them, and when free to do so the spring 107 will cause the ways to move toward each other, as in Fig. 3, and make a continuation or movable section of the track-sections 124 and 125, which form the block-support at the ends of the spaltdropper. It is desirable that Spalt-carriers 120 and 122 have avertical adjustment. Adjusting-screws 400 and 401 directly support pivots 111 and 106, thereby providing for said adjustment.

As has been stated, the block-supporting ways 12o' and 127 at one side of the machine may be fixed and all the spalts dropped at the side of the machine having the movable spalt-dropper.

The movable ways may receive support when closed by suitable projections or bearing-pieces 800 on the iixed ways 124 and 125.

The sawdust-spouts 128 and 129 are separate from each other, and both have downturned mouths near the center of the machine.

The fly 80, having the trips 81 and 82, is set so that one or the other of said trips is thrown into operative position by means of a rock-shaft 130, preferably extending from the fly out to the rim of the wheel of the carriage between each of the block compartments. Each of these rods 130 has or may have a plurality of movements-for instance, alongitudinal movement and a rocking movementand will operate to set the trips by its rocking, whether it be drawn out or pressed in. The outer end of each shaft-rod 130 has an arm 131 outside the rim of the carriage-wheel. This arm 131 is in the form of a shuttle, as shown, having inclines on its upper and lower sides. The shaft 130 has its outer bearings in a carrier 132, pivoted to the rim of t-he carriage and provided with an incline or face* piece 133. Vhen the piece 133 encounters an abutment, hereinafter described, it will be rocked outward, as shown in dotted lines,

Fig. 4, at a a, and Fig. 17, sliding the rod or shaft 130 and shuttle 131 outward a little beyond the rim of wheel l0. (See Fig. 18.)

The trips 81,when thrown down and brought around by the carriage, will engage the outer sides of rollers or abutments 60 and press these rollers inward, thus rocking the arms 64 and working the tilt-tables in one direction, while the trips 82, when depressed, engage the inner sides Lof these abutments 60 and produce a reversal of the tilts. As has been explained, when one trip 81 is down the other 82 is upvout of operative position.

The inner end of each rock-shaft 130 carries a crank 134,which engages the trip 81, and when the shaft is rocked this trip is thrown up ordown, according to the direction of the shaft movement. The crank-arm 134 has an elongated pin 135, which engages trip 81 whether the rod 130 be drawn out or in.

Now suppose both arms 64 are set so as to maintain their respective tilt-tables in normal position when the trips 81 are lifted up. The trips 82, which extend below the web of the carriage, will then ride past the inner sides of rolls 60, engaging said rolls to throw IOO ITO

them out if they are pressed inward out of normal position, but otherwise sliding past without engagement; but if the leading end of inclined arm 131 be rocked down, thus rocking the shaft 130, trip S1 will be thrown down, and as the carriage moves forward this trip S1 will engage roll GO and operate the tilttable into abnormal position. 1n like manner the trip S1 will operate the Spalt-dropper by engagement with arm 1,00 if the tilt S1 be thrown down at the proper time to engage said trip; but if only one trip 81 be thrown down the trip S2 in the succeeding carriage, being normally down, will engage the inner side of roll U0 and restore the tilt-table to its normal position, so that the changing of a tilt-table by setting a trip S1 acts only on 011e block, the next trip S2 reversing the tilt-table again. As the spalt-diopper automatically closes as soon as trip S1 passes away from arm 100 no mechanism, except spring 107, is needed to restore the spaltways to normal position.

The mechanism forworkin g rock-shafts 130, and thereby the trips S1 S2, is primarily under control of the operator, and the controlling-catches are shown as connected to the operators table 1.40.

Referring to Figs. 7 and S, 111 represents a pivoted catch or bar. On this bar is an incline or shoulder 112, which shoulder will engage the incline 131 and rock the shaft 130, if the bai-141 be pressed in, into the dotted position, Fig. 7. After the arm 131 has been rocked the incline 113 on the end of catch 141 is engaged bythe end of rod 130 and the trip 112 is forced back so it will not operate on the next succeeding arm 130. Thus the operator, by pressing handle 1-11 inward when he secs a block approaching' which needs an abnormal cut, can set the tilt-table to give such a cut to that block, and all parts of the machine willbe automatically restored to normal position as soon as that eut is made. The arm 131 of rock-shaft 130 is restored' to nor mal inoperative position as soon as it has pressed incline 142 far enough to operate the lirst tilt-table by means of contact with stop S100, projecting in this case from the sawyers table and of such form as to be engaged by the arm 131 of the rock-shaft when said arm is in abnormal position.

1f it be desired to operate the tilt-table at the opposite side of the machine, the operator presses in handle 154-, swinging the bar 151 and carrying the incline 152 into position to operate the arm 131 precisely as did incline 112 for the first table. The engagement of the end of shaft 130 with the incline 153 on the bar 151 restores said bar to inoperative position in the same manner that bar 141 is restored. If the inclined arm 131 is turned down by the second incline 152, it will remain turned down untilit rides around past the second tilttable, when it will be replaced in normal adjustment by engagement with a suitable stop outside of the carriage-wheel, as the stop 115, Figs. 3, 7, and 8; but if it is desired to operate the spalt-diopper the handle 155 near the end of the operators table is pressed down. This carries an abutment 15bI down into the path of movement of the inincline 133 on the bearingpieces 132 on the carriage. The abutment 15b' draws the rockshaft 130 outward by swinging piece 132, the bearing being somewhat loose on the rock' shaft. An arm 131 on the end oi the rockshaft is neither turned up nor down bythe abutment 15G. If it has been turned down by incline 152, it will stay down; if otherwise, it will remain up, and trip S1 will be in corsponding position.

155n is a secondary spalting-handle. 153 is a spring bearingagainst the abutment 15G, which has an inclined lower surface. The function of this spring is to hold the handle 155 either up or down. By shifting the handle 155L the spring 153n is moved away from the handle 155 by the handle 1551L acting as a wedge. Then spring 153l is pressed back. from incline 15G, it allows the handle t'o drop by gravity, in which position it en gages with arm 131 and ejeets the spalts or blocks from the machine as fast as the same are brought to the spalting device. It will be noticed that the same kind of a retaining spring and catch may be readily applied 1o the tilt-table handles or trips.

The sawguard 159 over saw 301 has a post 1GO, Figs. 1.() and 20, which carries two abut ments. The abutment 161 at the upper part of the post will engage arm 131 when that arm. is in its outermost position and turn it down, if it be not already down, thus dropping trip 81 into position to open the spaltdropper; but if arm 131 be in its innermost position near the rim of the wheel abutment 161 will not engage said arm at all, so that the spalt-dropper will only be operated when the operator has caused arm 131 and its rockshaft to bc drawn out by depressing handle 155.

If the arm 131 is in its inner lposition as it approaches post 1GO and is turned down, as it would be after operating the second tilt, the effect would be to operate the spalter; but to prevent this, abutment 162 turns up the arm 131, and thus lifts trip S1. ln its outer position arm 131 rides by without en gaging abutment 102. (See detail, Figs. 1] and 20.)

If the arm 131 is eitherin its outermturneddown position as it approaches the operato1"s table 11i), it will be restored to its normal inner and raised position by cngagin g the double incline 145 at the first end of the table. This incline has the effect of restoring any and every operating-arm 131 and shaft 13H to normal inoperative position whenever such parts shall reach the table 110 in abnormal position. The handle 155 is restored to its raised or inoperative position. after engagement with the incline 133 to draw ont a rocka shaft 130 by an incline 130` on the bearingpiece 132, Fig. 17. rlhe arms 131 will be held IOO by gravity or by friction or a friction-spring in either their upturned or downturned position, and the'rock-shafts will be similarly held either in or out. In fact, the parts are so balanced that when placed in any adjusted position there is little tendency to leave it. In Fig. 18 I show a section of the ily 80, which carries the trips S1 and 82. These trips or abutments are mere spiders, preferably connected together by a mutilated pinion S3, which is j ournaled at 84 and has teeth 85, engaging teeth SG and S7 on the trips. The crank-pin 135 passes through ahole 8S in the trip 81 and is long` enough to slide back and forth in said hole without being drawn out. It is quite apparent that the mutilated pinion S3, connecting the trips S] and 82, is simply one form of a lever, arm, or rock-shaft.

In order that the center of the saw maybe opposite the center of the blocks or bolts, whether long or short bolts be sawed, the saw-arbors 302 are made radially adjustable with reference to the center of the machine. The machine will not generally be required to saw bolts varying more than two inches in length. Consequently the change of one inch in the saw-arbor will compensate for a chan ge in length of two inches in the blocks; but greater variation in changes may readily be made in same manner. Said incline engages the inclined surface of abutment 15G and lifts the abutment and handle. The saw-arbors 302 are sustained at their lower ends in bridgepotsBOS, and each bridge-pot is supported on plate 500, which extends from the frame. The bearing of thel arbor in the bridge-pot maybe shifted by screws 304, passing through the sides of the bridge-pot. (See Fig. 1.) The .upper bearings of arbors 302 are supported by the plates 310, which are adjustable on the frame by means of bolts 311, passing through slots 312 in said plates. (See Fig. 3.)

Referring to my patent hereinbefore cited and to other machines of this class, it will be seen that the present machine embodies many radical changes and improvements. The constructions by which many working parts are carried to the central portion of the carriage under the dome or cover, by which dirt and sawdust are excluded, were matters of considerable difficulty.

In the operation of the machine the clogging and undogging are purely automatic and the dogs are held open by devices which cause no loss of power by friction on the working parts of the machine. The tilt of either table and the spalt-dr'opper are under control of the operator and are partially affected by the same operative train of mechanism-that is, many of the devices have multiple functions, and the number of working parts is in this manner reduced. Thus if the operator desires to change the grain of a single block by a single cut at the tilt nearest him he will press in handle 144 and give the matter no more attention. The machine will make the one abnormal cut and then all-parts resume normal relations and the work goes on. If it is desired to take two cuts, both handles 144 and 154 are pushed in, and after the two odd cuts on that block the machine cuts normally, and

all the time it cuts normally on all the other blocks in the carriers. If the operator desires to take an abnormal cut only on the saw farthest from him and then drop the spalt, he does so bypressingin handles 154 and 155, and to drop the spalt alone he presses in handle 155 alone and the machine does the rest in the manner explained, while all the other carriers are left to operate in their usual manner.

It will readily be understood by a person skilled in this art that many parts of the machine may be altered in various Ways without departingfrom the spirit of 'this invention. I desire to be understood as intending to cover in my claims equivalent mechanism so far as the same is fairly within the scope of my invvention.

That I claim is- 1. The combination of the rotary carriage, driving counter-shafts, and engaging gears, the friction-disk on the counter-shaft and the friction-driver engaging therewith, the weighted lever holdin g said driver in engagement, and the shifting-lever pivoted to and supported by said weighted lever all su bstantially as described.

2. In a shingle-machine, the combination of the main driving-disk, a friction-wheel on a shaft, said Wheel shiftable on said shaft into various engaging positions with relation to said drivingdisk, a lever in proximity to said shifting-wheel by which it is pressed toward or away from the driving-disk, a second lever mounted on the first and having engagement with the friction-wheel to shift it lengthwise on its shaft and across the face of the driving-disk and a gage mounted on the first lever serving to indicate the position of the second lever.

3. The combination in a shingle-machine,of the main driving-disk, a driving-shaft and friction-Wheel thereon in position to engage said driving-disk, a lever by which said friction-wheel may be shifted toward and away from the main driving-disk, a lever mounted on said firstmentioned lever and engaging the friction-wheel to shift it across the face of the driving-disk, and a gage-plate and fastening device by which the position of the friction-wheel is determined, and by which it is held, all substantially as described.

4.' A rotary shingle-machine carriage arranged horizontally and having an outer and an inner rim, a central hub, mechanism between the inner rim and the hub by which the spalter, tilt, or other adj unctive parts of the machine are thrown into operation, and a rigid covering over and supporting parts of said mechanism to exclude sawdust from the top, but leaving the space under the cover open at the bottom, in combination as set forth.

5. In a shingle-machine, the combination with the bolt-carrier, and a draw-rod extend- IOO IIO

ing lengthwise of the carrier, a n'ieva-ble dog connected to said rod and located at one cnd of said carrier, an actuating-rod pivoially connected to said dog so that the dog may adjust itself within agiven limit to the block, a stop to limit said adjusting movement, and a spring tending to press said dog into the block or bolt, substantiall f as described.

(i. In a shingle-sawing machine, a carriage, a movable dog therein having an extending lug and a dog-rod having a bent arm extending past the extending lug of the dog and pivotedthereto, the end of said rod being formed to serve as a stop tolimit the swinging movement of the dog, in combination substantially as described.

7. In a shin glo-sawing machine, the combination with the carrier of a movable dog and means for shifting the same, a dogrod section connected to said dog, and a second rodsection :uljustably connected to the first, and a spring bearing on one of the rod-sec tions, whereby the dog-rod may be extended or shortened in length without changing the relation of the spring thereto, substantially as described.

S. The combination with the bolt-carriage of a movable dog, a (logging-rod, and a helicallv-coiled spring in a pocket in the carriage and bearing on a piece connected tothe dog, substantiallyv as described.

f). The combination. with a rotary carriage, having a bolt-coiapartment, of a movable dog in said compartment, a pocket at the corner of the compartment containin a coiled. spring, and a cover to said compartment whereby the sprin is protected from the debris, substantially as described.

l0. The rotary carriage having block-compartments, the pockets in said compartments, the dog-rods, the springs in the pockets bearing on said rods, the pocket-covers having recesses therein, and the plate adjustably secured in said recesses and connected to the springs, all in combination substantially as described.

ll. The combination with the carriage and movable dog and its rod and spring, of a link completing engagement with the inner end of the dog-rod and parts attached to central shaft, au abutment relatively fixed in posi tion to engage said link, and a catch on parts attached to central shaft in position to engage and hold said rod and sprin g under pressure when past the engaging abutment, substantially as described.

l2. The combination with the carriage, dog, and (logging-rod and spring substantially as described, and a link'forming connection between. the end of the .rod and the carriage, of the catch on the carriage engaging said link on the (logging-rod to hold the spring compressed, and a releasing-abutment diseonnected from the carriage and disengaging said catch at proper times, substantially as described.

1S. The combination of the rotary carriage,

dog-rod, and spring, of the pivoted link and dog-rod, an incline on said link, a bearingpiece on the frame in position to enga-ge said incline, and eomlness the spring, a catch to hold the spring compressed, and an aln'itting surface on the frame in position to disengage said catch.

.1 -f. The combination with the dog-rod, spring, and catch engaging the rod to hold the spring compressed, of a trip in position to release said catch, andan abutting and retaining surface in position to hold the dog for an instant when the catch is disengaged, substantially as described.

l5. The combination with the rotary carriage of an adjustable trip inside the rim thereof, a tilt-table, andan actuating-arm and connections to operate said table, said arm. projecting into the path of movement of the trip, substantially as described.

lt. The combination with the carriage having a forward movement, and provided with an adjustable trip, and with the tilt-table, ol.' a rock-shaft having an arm in the path of movement of the trip on said carriage, and an arm on said rock-shaft having a suitable cam, engaging the actuating-imam of said tilt-table, substantially as described.

i7. In a shingle-machine, the combination of a rotary carriage bearing an adjustable trip, a rock-shaft, having an arm in thepath of movement of said trip, an arm on the rockshaft having a suitable cam, and a tilt-table having a walkin g-beam engaging the cam, all substantially as described.

1S. The combination with thebod y of a tilttable, of a depressible top whereby the bolt sul'iporting surface of the table may be lowered or moved away from the plane of the .saw temporarily, substai'itially as described.

ll). The combination with the frame and tilt-table, of the boltsupporting way and a single platform having a plane surfaceforn'ling the termination of said way next to the tilt-table, and set-screws supporting the plat form from the frame, whereby the platform may be adjusted relatively to the frame and table, substantially as described.

20. The combination with the rotary carriage, of a trip borne by the carriage within the periphery of the carriage-wheel, means to aetuate the trip, and a spalt-dropping way having an adjunctive train of operating connections extending toward the center of the machine and in position to be engaged by said trip to drop the spalt, substantially as described.

2l. The combination with. the s] alt-dropping way, of a lever supporting said way, a vertical shaft forming the fulcrum for said lever, means for adjusting said shaft verti cally and thereby adjusting the lever an d way, and means for swinging said lever to open the way, all substantially as described.

2;. The combination with the .rotary cai riage, of a mechanically-operated trip within the periphery thereof, a spaltdropper, and

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an actuating-arm connected to said spaltdropper and in the path of movement of said trip when the latter is in abnormal position, substantially as described.

23. In a spalt-dropper, a pair of track-sections arranged in substantially concentric lines, pivoted arms on which said track-sections are supported, and connections between the track-sections and the frame to preserve parallelism of the track-sections when the track-sections are displaced from normal position, in combination substantially as described.

24E. In a spalt-dropper, the combination of parallel track-sections, levers or arms carried on vertical pivots, which levers or arms support said track-sections, and connections between tl-ie levers or arms at opposite sides of their pivots, whereby the track-sections are moved in opposite directions, substantially as described.

25. In a spalt-dropper, the combination of the block-supportin g track-sections, a system of levers or arms connecting the same whereby the block-supports are moved simultaneously in opposite directions, and a lever system connecting the movable section to the frame whereby the track-sections are held substantially parallel while moving, substantially as described.

26. The combination with the movable spaltways, and their operating mechanism, of a lever or arm connected thereto and eX- tending inwardly toward the center of the machine, a rotary carriage, and an adjustable trip Within the rim thereof, adapted when in abnormal position to engage said arm and actuate the Spalt-operating mechanism, substantially as described.

27. The combination with the rotary carriage, of a iiy supportinga pair of trips, said trips moving synchronously with the carriage, so that one is retracted as the other is eX- tended, and an adjunctive mechanism operated by said trips, substantially as described.

2S. The combination with the carriage of a pair of trips moving synchronously therewith, and a lever orequivalent operating on said trips to cause them to move in opposite directions, and an adj unctive mechanism operated by said trips, substantially as described.

29. The colnbination with the carriage of a plurality of trips, and adjunctive mechanism operated thereby, said trips arranged substantially as described, so that one will be operative, while another is in inoperative position, and arod or bar operating the trips and extending to the carriage-rim, in position to be actuated near the rim, substantially as described.

30. The combination with the carriage of a pair of trips adapted to operate alternatively, substantially as described, a rod or bar connected to said trips, said rod or bar supported in bearings to permit rotary and longitudi-V nal movement and extending to the rim of the carriage, and adj unctive mechanism actuated by said trips, substantially as described.

31. The combination with the carriage, of the trips, connected substantially as described, a rod or shaft having operative engagement with one trip, said rod supported in bearings so that it can be moved into abnormal position, and remaining in operative relation with one of the trips whether in normal or abnormal position, and adjunctive mechanism operated by the trips, substantially as described.

32. The combination with the carriage of a trip arranged substantially as described, adj unctive mechanism actuated by said trip to throw into or out of operation a subordinate part of the machine, a rod or shaft having operative engagement with said trip, said rod supported in bearings so that it can be moved into abnormal position, and remaining in operative relation with the trip whether in normal or abnormal position.

38. The combination with the rotary carriage of a trip inside the rim thereof in operative relation with a subordinate part of the machine, a shaft or rod having engagement with said trip and supported in bearings which permit the movement into abnormal position, and an abutment, catch or stop, disconnected with the carriage and in position to engage and move the rod into abnormal position, and thus control the trip.

34:. The combination with the rotary carriage of a fly inside the rim thereof, having a plurality of trips arranged substantially as described in operative relation with subordinate parts of the machine, a rod or bar controlling the trips, and extending outwardly, and an engaging catch outside the carriage and movable into position to engage and operate the rod or bar,substantially as described.

35. The combination with the rotary carriage, of a fly inside the rim thereof, having a plurality of trips arranged substantially as described in operative relation with subordinate parts of the machine, a rod or bar controlling the trips, and an engaging catch outside the carriage and movable into position to engage and operate the rod or bar, substantially as described.

36. The combination of the rotary carriage, of a trip inside the rim thereof movable into position to actuate the spalter, tilter, or other adjunct, and a rod or bar controlling the same by its movement, and eXtendin g outward, and a series of catches disconnected from the carriage, but movable into position to operate the bar and thus control the trip, and mechanism actuated thereby, substantially as described.

37. The combination with the rotary carriage of a series of trips carried within the rim thereof, a rod, or bar for actuating the trips, said bar supported for adjustment into abnormal positions While controlling the trips, and an abutment outside the carriage in po- IOO IIO 

